Adding to concerns over President Trump's deployment of troops to Los Angeles this week were his remarks at Fort Bragg last night.

The president spoke to a crowd that was reportedly handpicked for a political point of view.

He delivered highly partisan remarks and sold MAGA merchandise on the U.S. base.

For perspective on this, we turn now to Graham Parsons.

He was a tenured philosophy professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point until he

quit last month in protest after the Trump administration limited which books and classes

could be taught.

Graham Parsons, welcome to the news hour.

Before we get to the Fort Bragg event, I just want to get your take on this moment in Los Angeles, where we now have

hundreds of Marines, thousands of National Guard troops deployed against the governor's

wishes to respond to civilian protests. What are you making as you watch this moment unfold?

Well, I'm very concerned. This is, I mean, there's two concerns really.

First, it's a law enforcement issue.

Law enforcement is very different from war.

And law enforcement is consistent with the constitutional order and the civil rights that

all Americans are supposed to have.

War doesn't regard constitutional rights.

There's combatants and non-combatants, and combatants you can basically do whatever you want to.

There's no civil protections for combatants.

So my concern is that the Trump administration has militarized what is

effectively a law enforcement issue. This is a really grave threat to the constitutional order.

Soldiers, for one, aren't trained to engage in law enforcement. They don't know how to engage with people and respect their constitutional rights.

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